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The Book of Common Prayer


 

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The words of administration used in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer were the objective portion: "The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life." 1

1 See Liturgy for Living, Charles Price and Louis Weil, The Seabury Press/New York 1979 p85

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